Wednesday, January 14, 2015

D.C. Subway Story Stinks

I think I will skip the ride:

"Deadly subway malfunction leaves many unanswered questions" Associated Press  January 14, 2015

WASHINGTON — The subway train had just pulled out from L’Enfant Plaza, a busy Washington station, when it ground to a halt and foul-smelling smoke began filling the tunnel and the cars.

In the fear and chaos that followed, riders prayed but also helped one another, performing mouth-to-mouth on an unconscious woman and offering an inhaler to a man curled in a fetal position on the train’s floor. Some waited for rescuers as instructed; others opened the doors of the train and made their way to safety through the darkness on their own.

One woman died and more than 80 other people were sent to the hospital after the electrical malfunction Monday on Washington’s Metro. A day later, 21 passengers remained hospitalized, and the accident had left a multitude of unanswered questions.

Commuters demanded to know: Was the train’s evacuation unnecessarily delayed? Were passengers given the right information? And what caused the death of the woman?

Are you sure it wasn't terrorists?

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This blog stinks, too.